DOVER — The additional snow and rainfall on Monday did not help crews who still have a lot of work to do before sidewalks and streets are cleared from Nemo.

With upward of two feet falling in Dover, Community Services Director Doug Steele said crews punched out of work and slept on cots or in their cars for a few hours this weekend before going back to work.

“This just shows the level of dedication that these guys have,” Steele said.

Even with their hard work all weekend, the amount of snow that fell forced them to concentrate solely on the downtown area, leaving side streets and sidewalks snow covered.

“We did the best we could, but it was a tremendous amount of snow,” Steele said, adding that a limited amount of staff that works 24 to 32 hours straight can't work for a week straight.

“Eventually, they have to get home and get some sleep,” he said.

An emergency parking ban for Central Avenue from Fourth Street to Kirkland Street is set for 9 p.m. Monday night through 6 a.m. on Tuesday, which Steele said will most likely be put in place again Tuesday night and possibly Wednesday.

“We're hoping to get it all done in two nights,” he said. “Sidewalks might need until Friday.”

While the parking ban is in place, remember the citywide parking ban is still in effect each night until 1 a.m.

Parking Manager Bill Simons is concentrating on parking lots and spaces and said as of Monday afternoon, bags still covered meters, indicating free parking until the City is able to remove the snow mounds.

Where those mounds go is the question Somersworth Public Works Director, Tom Willis was asked on Monday afternoon.

“Wherever we can put it,” he responded.

There will be a downtown-parking ban in effect in Somersworth from 9 p.m. Monday night to 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Public works will be hauling snow from the downtown area to the city's snow dump in the Blackwater road area. Sidewalks around the schools and downtown area will be a top priority as well, with the help of two sidewalk “trackers.”

“The little surprise two inch snow storm today didn't help much. We have to go back to square one and work on making our roads motor vehicle safe, especially for emergencies. If the weather cooperates, we'll get as much as we can,” said Willis.

According to the Farmington Police Department Facebook page, the Highway Department started work at 4:30 Monday morning, clearing snow from Main Street, School Street, and Memorial Drive. After snow was pushed from Spring Street, cones were set up on Spring Street for students to walk between the cones and the snow banks. The Police and Fire departments were also at all intersections and on Spring Street to ensure that flows slowly and all students walking remain within the designated areas.

Public works officials from Farmington were not available Monday to discuss snow removal.

In Rochester, public works crews have traveled about 4,700 miles, while plowing the roads and treating the roadways with salt, said Peter Nourse, the acting director for the Public Works Department.

“This is a big blizzard,” said Nourse.

After the wintry mix that fell on Rochester Monday morning, consisting of snow and freezing rain mix, public works crews spent the day plowing and treating the roads with salt.

“We got some nice slush out there,” said Nourse.

He said about 200 pounds of salt has already been dumped on the city streets, throughout the weekend and Monday.

Nourse said snow removal in downtown was planned to start Monday evening, and continue for the next several days. Crews will focus on removing the snow from the main downtown area, as well as the downtowns of Gonic and East Rochester. The snow will be placed in trucks, which will then travel in a caravan to the fairgrounds, where the snow will be dumped.

During the last snowstorm, about 70 tons of snow was removed from Rochester downtown areas, and, “This is going to be a lot more than that,” said Nourse.

In plowing the roads, public works officials are prioritizing roads that have sidewalks and that get much foot traffic. Roads that get treated first include Wakefield, Hanson, Bridge, Portland, Union, and Main streets, as well as Colby and Church streets and Railroad Avenue in Gonic.

Nourse said about 60 public works officials have been out on the streets in the Lilac City after the snowstorm, treating and plowing about 160 miles of city roads.

“They're doing a good job, and they're holding up under long hours,” said Nourse.

A citywide parking ban is in effect in Rochester from 9 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. today, Tuesday.

Portsmouth was also busy Monday, “Just trying to clear out from all the snow,” Police Lieutenant Chris Cummings said.

The wet weather on Monday caused about 3 percent of PSNH customers in Portsmouth to lose power in the early afternoon. PSNH was reporting 514 outages total in Portsmouth and Rye shortly before 2 p.m. All power had been restored within two hours.

Doug Bates, president of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, said snow removal has been the primary concern for local business owners.

“Portsmouth is unique because we have such narrow streets, so obviously the first and foremost thing is clearing the streets,” he said.

The storm has had, perhaps, the largest impact on the many restaurants in Portsmouth, which service droves of visitors each weekend. With drivers being encouraged to stay off the roads, the influx of visitors slowed to a trickle this weekend, Bates said.

Some businesses remained closed throughout the weekend. Others were open again on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, catering to a local crowd.

“We're hearty,” Bates said. “We've been through this before. The city's working pretty hard on it, but they can't do it during the day because the traffic's moving and it's a challenge for them.”

There will be a parking ban in the downtown business district beginning at 9 p.m. on Monday until 7 a.m. on Tuesday to facilitate removal from the downtown area.

In Newington, this weekend's storm forced the Fox Run Mall to close early on Friday and remain closed through Sunday morning.

In Newmarket, Town Administrator Steve Fournier said a parking ban was in place from Friday evening through 6 a.m. Monday. Highway crews were out Sunday evening removing most of the snow from the downtown area.

“They've really been out there trying to clean up the roads as much as they can,” Fournier said. “Our important thing is we've got to make sure that they get some rest too so they're not out there being a hazard to themselves or other drivers.”

Newmarket experienced no power outages during the storm, and most local streets were passable by Saturday afternoon, Fournier said. Classes resumed at Newmarket Junior/Senior High School on Monday.

Crews from the Department of Public Works will now focus on lowering the height of the snowbanks lining the roads.

“I think the biggest challenge is really cleaning up the streets to make them safer for both pedestrians and vehicle traffic,” Fournier said. “The snow piles are rather large on the side of the road, and hopefully people can see people around them.”

South Berwick, Maine, takes care of those large piles with a fleet of nine trucks, a sidewalk tractor, a backhoe and a skidsteer, according to their Public Works website.

“Like most of our neighboring towns, the Town of South Berwick uses an anti-icing approach to snow and ice control that is very effective for returning roads to bare pavement after a storm ends,” the website read.

In Durham, assistant director for operations of Public Works, Doug Bullen, said things weren't that bad throughout the weekend, but the volume of snow was most challenging.

Lee Police Chief Chet Murch said residents in town really heeded the warning of officials and remained off roadways in town throughout the blizzard allowing for efficient cleanup.

He also said unlike communities with a busy downtown core, there are plenty of open spaces in Lee to place the snow.

“Typically we're pretty good. We had the weekend to dig out,” he said.

On Monday, efforts to stay ahead of the falling snow continued, though precipitation had turned to rain in town just before noon.

As a result, roadways were slick as proved by the handful of motor vehicle accidents along Route 125 just north of Route 155.

One of the drivers had failed to negotiate a turn and instead slid into oncoming traffic that was unable to stop, according to Lee police officer Eric Millar.

Madbury reported just one accident on Monday as plow and snow removal crews worked to sand the roadways in town.

Police Chief Joseph McGann said officials were hoping people would realize “we're not out of the woods just yet” and continue to heed advice of either staying off the roads if possible and to drive cautiously and defensively if motorists must venture out.

“Let the plows and the sanders and salters do their jobs for the morning,” he said.